There are 12 ways to get from Basel to Crete by train, plane, bus, busferry, car ferry, or ferry
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane ZRH - HER
6h 28m€117–405Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane MXP - HER
10h 8m€62–474Bus, bus and ferry via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
39h 25mFly Basel to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BSL - HER
5h 34m€104–236Fly Basel to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane BSL - CHQ
6h 23m€105–394Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane STR - HER
8h€163–414Train to Frankfurt, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane FRA - CHQ
8h 23m€180–609Train to Bern Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
- Fly from Bern Airport (BRN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BRN - HER
6h 46m€135–538Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Portcarferry
40h 36mTrain, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Sarganstrain Ic3 / ...
- Take the train from Feldkirch to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessalonikibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
47h 56mBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklionferry Abs / ...
2d 3hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Colmarbus
- Take the bus from Colmar to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
2d 4h
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Crete is to fly which costs €100 - €240 and takes 5h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Crete is to fly which takes 5h 34m and costs €100 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Crete. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Heraklion via Pristina and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 25m.
The distance between Basel and Crete is 2025 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Crete without a car is to bus and bus and ferry via Thessaloníki which takes 39h 25m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 28m to get from Basel to Crete, including transfers.
Basel to Crete bus services, operated by Fertours, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Crete bus services, operated by Fertours, arrive at Pristina station.
Crete is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 3:45 PM in Basel and 4:45 PM in Crete.
There are 3044+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Crete, Greece?
easyJet flies from Basel (BSL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 5 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–490
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–470
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Basel to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Basel to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–330
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Frankfurt to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Saturday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–1,000
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–1,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Chania International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–440
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–320
- Website
- helvetic.com
Flights from Bern Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–420
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €24–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–17
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–26
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–19
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Feldkirch to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €120–180
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +383 44 553 550
- gmica_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/gmicaofficial
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Colmar to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–320
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
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